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suspire
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUSPIRE
v.i.[supra. ] To sigh; to fetch along deep breath; to breathe. [Little used. ]
SUSPIRED
pp. or a.Wished for; desired. [Not in use. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUSPIRE
Sus *pire ", v. i. Etym: [L. suspirare to breathe out, to sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. souspirer, OF. souspirer.]
Defn: To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. Mrs. Browning.
SUSPIRE
Sus *pire ", n. Etym: [Cf. L. suspirium.]
Defn: A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs. ]
SUSPIRED
SUSPIRED Sus *pired ", a.
Defn: Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
suspire
sus pire |səˈspīr səˈspaɪər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary breathe. DERIVATIVES sus pi ra tion |ˌsəspəˈrāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘yearn after ’): from Latin suspirare, from sub- ‘from below ’ + spirare ‘breathe. ’
Oxford Dictionary
suspire
suspire |səˈspʌɪə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary breathe. DERIVATIVES suspiration |ˌsʌspɪˈrɛɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘yearn after ’): from Latin suspirare, from sub- ‘from below ’ + spirare ‘breathe ’.
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